Jordan: Deputy Chief of Party

Job Description

ABOUT THE POSITIONInternews is seeking a Deputy Chief of Party candidate for a USAID-funded media support and civil society initiative with the general goal of further strengthening independent media and civil society in Jordan.?Reporting directly to the Chief of Party, the Deputy Chief of Party is responsible for ensuring that activity implementation is in accordance with USAID regulations and procedures, and with the specifications determined in the contract. The Deputy Chief of Party will be responsible for oversight of program activities, monitoring and evaluation, reporting and sub-grants. They will be required to act as Chief of Party on occasion, being the principal point of contact in Jordan for procedural and substantive matters and will also take on delegated Chief of Party responsibilities as required.Note that this position is contingent upon funding. The finalist candidate is subject to USAID approval.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ?include the following. Other duties may be assigned.Project Management?Strategy?and Systems

• Contributes new ideas and develops initiatives related to media development, media innovation, and media partnerships in the Jordanian context;?
• Maintains a thorough knowledge of independent media and civil society issues in Jordan (print, broadcast and new media), and a general understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing independent media and civil society across the region;
• Supports?the Chief of Party to?develop?draft project work plans, agreement modification requests, respond to donor inquiries and strengthen long-term strategy for Internews in Jordan;
• Ensures the project is in compliance with all grant and cooperative agreement rules, requirements and regulations as well as with Internews internal policies and procedures;
• Develops an organization-wide project and personnel management system, processes, and tools including rollout and support ensuring wide adoption and?use;?
• Ensures?two-way communication and feedback between all departments, staff, partners, donors, and?stakeholders;?
• Develops a?communications?and learning strategy?to articulate the full scope and impact of the project on a regular basis to external and internal stakeholders.??

• Ensures sub-grant related administrative processes and procedures are standardized and consistently implemented throughout the program, including agreements, disbursements, and reporting?in collaboration with the team;
• Ensures good knowledge management across grants, including key project documentation, to enable all teams supporting the grant to access information and?provide a fully auditable?trail;?
• Manages new partnership engagements in collaboration with the team, as necessary.?

• Oversees the performance and impact measurement for Internews in Jordan, including collection and monitoring of all data, processing and verification, in close collaboration with the team;
• Oversees the communication of program impact across all activities of Internews in Jordan?in close collaboration with the team;
• Contributes to overall communications strategy, including generation of content and social media?presence;?
• In all duties, an understanding of and demonstrated commitment to upholding?Internews Core Values.

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